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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Maxfli, post: 2407134, member: 69089&quot;]This may sound defensive, but it&#039;s really not. I love the UK and hate to see any of our British friends operating under misconceptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, to the OP: keep in mind that you&#039;re visiting the 3rd largest country in the world population wise, so the sheer raw volume of crimes reported in the news will be far greater than in the UK. If you&#039;re staying in a large city, the effect will be amplified, because some crime rates are higher in large urban areas, and that&#039;s true worldwide.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact is, you&#039;re more likely to be robbed in 19 other nations, including the Eurozone nations of Belgium (#1), Spain (#2), Portugal (#12), and France (#13).</p><p><br /></p><p>Among the industrialized nations, you&#039;re more likely to be assaulted in Australia, England, Scotland, Canada, Finland, Poland, Northern Ireland, Denmark, France, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands than you are in the US.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, while you&#039;re here, relax. It&#039;s not all shoot-&#039;em-up Wild West in the US. In most places, including where I live, all it takes to sleep easy at night is a healthy dose of common sense and discretion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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